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...temperature immediately rises any time Ashong walks on stage. His Shooter is a deejay with a wandering eye, deeply conflicted by the shadow of his father, a legendary pool hustler who has committed suicide, and the specter of his wife, whose devotion to Shooter is rivalled only by her passion for shopping...
...spies. The White House has appointed an independent commission, headed by former Defense Secretary Les Aspin, to produce a report by March 1996 on future directions for the entire U.S. intelligence community. The House Intelligence Committee is preparing a similar report, while Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Arlen Specter announced he is drafting legislation to reorganize and cut overlap in intelligence collection. Carns promised last week that the operation ``will be leaner, but at the same time we will do more of the more important things...
...final segment of the GOP's anti-crime package replaces crime prevention programs and funds tied to localities increasing their police force -- two key components of the 1994 anti-crime law -- with a flexible block grant. But the measure faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said that the Senate would have to come up with a single unified piece of crime legislation, rather than six separate ones, a process that will take at least a month. White House officials, meanwhile, made it clear that they were relishing the thought of Clinton vetoing any measure...
...forgo the race. ``It's the incredible shrinking field,'' says William Kristol, a top Republican strategist. ``Others could still jump in, but we probably know who the candidates are.'' Namely: Dole, Texas Senator Phil Gramm, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, former Vice President Dan Quayle, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, and possibly Indiana Senator Richard Lugar and one or two G.O.P. Governors. The wild card: Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
President Clinton formally nominated Michael Carns as Director of the CIA at a White House ceremony this afternoon. TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller says Senate confirmation prospects are bright for the retired Air Force general. Senate intelligence committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), whose panel decides whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate, today said he foresaw no roadblocks. Carns listed his own concerns as follows: "The Cold War may have passed into history, but regional instability, terrorism, drug trafficking, crime and the proliferation of nuclear weapons all loom large...